Those who said water is purifying and nothing makes it impure

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: "Shall we perform ablution from the well of Buda'ah?" (Buda'ah was a well into which menstrual cloths, the flesh of dogs and filth were thrown.) He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Water is purifying; nothing makes it impure."

Once, during a journey, the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (may Allah be pleased with them) came to a pool at one edge of which lay a dead animal. The people held back, waiting for him (peace and blessings be upon him). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, they said: "O Messenger of Allah! This carcass is lying at one edge of it." He said: "Give water to drink and draw water for yourselves, for water makes things lawful; it does not make them unlawful."

Ikrimah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a pool, and the people said: "O Messenger of Allah! Dogs and beasts of prey drink from this pool." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What the beast of prey drank is in its belly, and what the dog drank is in its belly. Drink from it and perform ablution." So the people drank from it and performed ablution.

Maymun bin Abi Shabib said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by a cistern at a place called Majannah and said: "Give me water to drink from it." The people said: "Beasts of prey, dogs and donkeys drink from it." He said: "They have what they have drunk; what remains is for ablution and for drinking."

Ikrimah said: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by a cistern and intended to drink from it and perform ablution. The people of the cistern told him that dogs and beasts of prey drink from it. He said: "They have what they have drunk." Then he drank from it and also performed ablution.

The mother of Manbudh said that she was with Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) on a journey, and they drank from a cistern in which there were beetles called ju'lan and animal droppings, and also performed ablution from it.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about a cistern from which beasts of prey and donkeys drink. He said: "Nothing makes water unlawful."

Ka'b bin Abdullah said: Once we came with Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) to a pool in which there lay carrion and in which menstruating women used to bathe. He said: "Nothing makes water impure."

Mujahid said: "Water is purifying; nothing makes it impure except the utterly impure polytheist."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Water does not become impure."

Ibn Abi Layla said: "Nothing makes water impure."

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: "Nothing makes water impure."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Water does not become impure."

Ibn al-Musayyib said: "Allah Almighty sent down water as purifying; nothing makes it impure." Dawud said: Sa'id said this because we had asked him about cisterns and pools in which dogs lap.

Ibn Awn said: I said to al-Qasim bin Muhammad: "Sometimes we come to pools in which a dog has lapped or from which a donkey has drunk. May we drink from it, or may we perform ablution from it?" Al-Qasim looked at me and said: "When one of you comes to a pool, is he to wait until he asks which dog lapped in it and which donkey drank from it?!"

Al-Hasan was asked about the cisterns on the road to Makkah in which donkeys and beasts of prey drink. He said: "There is no harm in it."

Ikrimah said: "Water is purifying; nothing makes it impure."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Water is purifying; nothing makes it impure."

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: "Water does not become impure."

Jabir bin Zayd said to a man, "Pour water over me," while he was in the bathhouse. The man said: "I am in a state of major impurity." He said: "Go and take a bath, for nothing makes water impure."